Nonstop flight route between Bardstown, Kentucky, United States and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Samuels Field (BRY), Bardstown, Kentucky, United States and Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 585 miles (or 942 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Samuels Field and Kincheloe Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Samuels Field (BRY):

• Samuels Field covers an area of 110 acres at an elevation of 669 feet above mean sea level.
• Samuels Field (BRY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Samuels Field is a public use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Bardstown, a city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.
• The furthest airport from Samuels Field (BRY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,255 miles (18,114 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Samuels Field (BRY) is Addington Field (EKX), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) WSW of BRY.
• Because of Samuels Field's relatively low elevation of 669 feet, planes can take off or land at Samuels Field at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.

Facts about Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR):

• The furthest airport from Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,103 miles (17,869 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 16 February 1953, the first operational ADC unit, the 534th Air Defense Group was activated at Kinross AFB.
• In 1962, in order to retain the lineage of its MAJCOM 4-digit combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its MAJCOM strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.
• The closest airport to Kincheloe Air Force Base (INR) is Chippewa County International Airport (CIU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of INR.
• In September 1959, Kinross AFB was officially renamed Kincheloe Air Force Base in honor of the late Captain Iven Kincheloe, a native of Cassopolis in southwestern Michigan.
• The importance of Kincheloe AFB to ADC was evident in 1960 with some major changes.